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Asking For The Bill in Portuguese

In today’s video you’ll learn how to ask for the bill at a Portuguese restaurant and say how you’d like to pay. Be prepared for a question about “contribuinte”!

If you want to end your meal like a true Portuguese, you’ll have to order a coffee, too. Just be careful because “café” may not mean what you think it means… Check out this episode to learn more about the different types of coffees in Portugal.

Stay tuned until the end for a short demo lesson, featuring activities from the Practice Portuguese learning platform, plus a quick tip from Joel.

Make sure to check out the other videos in our European Portuguese for Beginners series!

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Chapters:
0:00 How to Order a Coffee in Portuguese
0:53 How to Ask for the Bill in Portuguese
2:48 Review
4:31 Bonus Tip: Learning European Portuguese – Quality over Quantity
5:26 Outro

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    • 00:00:06Algo que eles vos pedem sempre junto com a sobremesa...?
    • 00:00:11Ah, café.
    • 00:00:13R: Aha! Café!
    • 00:00:14J: Café! Mas tenham cuidado porque se vocês só disserem 'Sim' ou se vocês só
    • 00:00:18pedirem um café, não vão ter um café filtrado, grande e cheio.
    • 00:00:23Provavelmente vão ter...
    • 00:00:24R: Expresso.
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    o cafécoffee o cartão de créditocredit card a contathe bill o dinheiromoney, cash O multibancoThe ATM refers to Portugal's multibank payment network Número de ContribuinteTaxpayer number, NIF a sobremesadessert
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    A conta, por favorThe bill, please Pode trazer-me a conta, por favor?Can yousing.,formal bring me the bill, please? Queria um café, por favorI'd like a coffee, please Era a conta, se faz favorThe check, please Vou pagar em dinheiroI'm going to pay with cash Como é que vai pagar?How are yousing.,formal going to pay? Aceita cartão de crédito?Do yousing.,formal accept credit cards? Como vai pagar?How are yousing.,formal going to pay? Quer fatura com número de contribuinte?Want invoice with tax number?
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